Group Activities

Childspace Early Childhood Institute

Our MenzShed was involved in a special teacher-only day with 8 teams from the Wellington staff of Childspace Early Childhood Institute who completed activities around the Waikanae Beach area.

The stop at the MenzShed involved the teams having 25 minutes to assemble a children’s BBQ table or planter box. MenzShed Kapiti had kit-sets ready for the teams to assemble, and provided advice and supervision as required.

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It was a real team effort with some guidance and instructions by MenzShed members
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Some had the skills, others watched
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The end result looks just great and the team look proud of their achievements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Somebody has an artistic flair
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Just the right size for the kids

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The Amazing Race 

Another team activity event at our shed was involvement in the Waikanae Kindergarten fund raising competition, The amazing Race, which had 27 teams having to complete a variety of challenges. Our event consisted of following instructions to assemble prefabricated stoat traps which were then passed on to DOC.

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We are ready
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The pink team gets help
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The green team boxes on
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Every body was involved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A colourful busy site
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Later DOC were happy to collect traps

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children’s holiday programme

One activity in a children’s holiday program had the children assembling and putting the finishing touches on timber stilts prefabricated by our members.

An enjoyable exercise with some children having their first go at carpentry skills.

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Full Instructions and guidance was provided by MenzShed members
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There’s always somebody who will perform for the cameraman
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It takes a bit of practise to be able to stand up on these.